List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

List of speakers

Election year Assembly Party in Majority Name Term Duration
1957 1st INC Kalyanji V. Mehta 1 May 1960 – 19 August 1960 110 days
Mansinhji Rana 19 August 1960 – 19 March 1962 1 year, 212 days
1962 2nd Fatehali Palejwala 19 March 1962 – 17 March 1967 4 years, 363 days
1967 3rd INC(O) Raghavji Leuva 17 March 1967 – 28 June 1975 8 years, 103 days
1972 4th INC
1975 5th INC(O) Kundanlal Dholakia 28 June 1975 – 28 March 1977 1 year, 273 days
Manubhai Palkhiwala (Acting Speaker) 28 March 1977 – 21 April 1977 24 days
JP Kundanlal Dholakia 21 April 1977 – 20 June 1980 3 years, 60 days
1980 6th INC Natwarlal Shah 20 June 1980 – 8 January 1990 9 years, 202 days
1985 7th
Karsandas Soneri (Acting Speaker) 8 January 1990 – 19 January 1990 11 days
JD Barjorji Pardiwala 19 January 1990 – 16 March 1990 56 days
1990 8th INC Shashikant Lakhani 16 March 1990 – 12 November 1990 241 days
Manubhai Parmar (Acting Speaker) 12 November 1990 – 11 February 1991 91 days
Himatlal Mulani 11 February 1991 – 21 March 1995 4 years, 38 days
1995 9th BJP Harishchandra Patel 21 March 1995 – 16 September 1996 1 year, 179 days
Chandubhai Dabhi (Acting Speaker) 16 September 1996 – 29 October 1996 43 days
Gumansinhji Vaghela 29 October 1996 – 19 March 1998 1 year, 141 days
1998 10th Dhirubhai Shah 19 March 1998 – 27 December 2002 4 years, 283 days
2002 11th Prof. Mangaldas Patel 27 December 2002 – 18 January 2008 5 years, 22 days
2007 12th Ashok Bhatt 18 January 2008 – 29 September 2010 2 years, 254 days
Prof. Mangaldas Patel (Acting Speaker) 29 September 2010 – 23 February 2011 147 days
Ganpat Vasava 23 February 2011 – 26 December 2012 1 year, 307 days
Vajubhai Vala (Acting Speaker) 26 December 2012 - 19 January 2013[1] 24 days
Neema Acharya (Acting Speaker)[1] 19 January 2013 – 22 January 2013 3 days
2012 13th Vajubhai Vala 23 January 2013[2] - 30 August 2014[3] 1 year, 219 days
Mangubhai C. Patel (Acting Speaker) 30 August 2014 – 9 November 2014 71 days
Ganpat Vasava 9 November 2014 – 7 August 2016 1 year, 272 days
Parbatbhai Patel (Acting Speaker) 7 August 2016 – 22 August 2016 15 days
Ramanlal Vora[4] 22 August 2016 – 19 February 2018 1 year, 181 days
2017 14th Rajendra Trivedi 19 February 2018 – 13 September 2021 3 years, 206 days
Dr. Nimaben Acharya 13 September 2021 – 20 December 2022 1 year, 98 days
2022 15th Shankar Chaudhary[5] 20 December 2022 - Incumbent 1 year, 285 days

References

  1. ^ a b "Gujarat: Vala resigns as speaker to be made speaker". Daily News and Analysis. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ^ Balan, Premal (23 January 2013). "Vaju Vala unanimously elected new speaker of Gujarat Assembly". Business Standard. Gandhinagar. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to take oath as Karnataka Guv on Sept 1". One India News. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Ramanlal Vora elected unopposed new Speaker of Gujarat Assembly". Business Standard News. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. ^ Shankar Chaudhary appointed as Gujarat Legislative Assembly Speaker, 20 December 2022